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The Beaumont Police Department and Beaumont Animal Services are teaming up with Crime Stoppers to combat animal abuse and neglect.

The reorganization and enhancement of Animal Services, with Crime Stoppers on board, will give citizens a better resource for reporting animal cruelty and abuse anonymously. A unit is being assigned to caring and adopting out animals, while another will be strictly tasked with addressing animal abuse complaints, with a detective designated specifically to investigating these crimes.

Investigators with the Orange Police and Fire Departments are investigating a Sept. 20 fire at a vacant residence on Decatur Avenue that they believe was the result of arson, OPD Captain Cliff Hargrave reports.

The state of Texas has taken the fight to the enemy and on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, announced a victory over its foe — boll weevils.

In a press release, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller reported that the West Texas Maintenance Area has been declared eradicated, and the Northern Backlands, Southern Backlands, Upper Coastal Bend and South Texas Winter Garden zones have been deemed functionally eradicated. Texas ranks No. 1 nationally for cotton production, and this announcement comes as a milestone in the efforts to eliminate the boll weevil from Texas.

On September 19, 2015, an Explorer Competition was held at North Shore High School in Harris County, in which at least 14 different agencies and 28 teams competed. Beaumont Police Explorers Post #730 participated and brought back 9 team trophies and 3 individual trophies.

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